Abstract

Since English is an international language, government decides it as one of the compulsory subject taught in any level of education. Therefore, in higher education it is taught not only for English department students but also for those who are majoring in Informatics Management and Computer Academy. However, English which is taught in this major is not General English anymore. English is taught for them in order they can use it to support their studying in their major. English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is the suitable and important course to be applied to teach those students. ESP course is designed to meet the needs of learners in studying English. Thus the materials given to the students must be relevant to their basic knowledge. English is not a separated part in their studying, but it is an integrated part which can support the students to master their main knowledge, in this case computer knowledge. This research is conducted in order to find out the suitable and interesting English course materials for those students. Those materials can be taken by collecting the data from the questionnaires and interviews to the students and the lecturer. Then the data were analyzed to get the students needs. The findings of this research show that the most dominant language skills needed by those students are speaking and reading. Furthermore, the students needed materials which are actual materials relating to their major. These actual materials are expected to stimulate students to study English. The students had some difficulties in English. The students found difficulties in reading computer text book and in reading menu used in the computer. In speaking the students found difficulties to make a good dialogue or to chat with other people from around the world by using Internet. Therefore, this research tries to help them to solve their difficulties by having suitable and interesting materials in studying English.